About
The wellness advice nobody wrote for us, so we’re writing it.
There is no shortage of health content on the internet. There is a serious shortage of health content that accounts for a body with mobility limitations, or for a life where getting through a room takes planning.
So most of us end up translating. We read the article, mentally subtract the parts that don’t apply, and try to salvage something usable from what’s left. That’s exhausting, and it’s why so much good advice never actually gets used.
RHR skips the translating. The mobility piece is already built in, and it goes wider than the body, because a healthy life is also your head, your relationships, your work, and whether you still feel like a whole person at the end of the day.
No pity, no judgment, just what actually works.
Who’s Writing This
Hi, I’m Jenn.
Wheeler. Wife. Momma. Caffeine Pusher. WannaBe Foodie. Penguin Lover. Pun Fanatic. Obnoxious Singer.
I’m a wife and mom of two, and I’ve spent almost half my life in a powerchair. Long enough to have opinions.
I work full time from home while raising my kids and running a household. In my spare time, my husband and I run a small business selling coffee and tea at local markets. Regular mom stuff, regular life chaos, with the added obstacles disability brings.
I have Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2A. So did my father, and so does my older brother, which means I’ve watched this disease from more than one angle, and I know what it looks like across a family, not just across one body.
What I write about most is the intricate balance between advocating for your needs and striving for a “normal”, independent life, and everything I’ve learned the hard way about holding both at once.
Finding Balance
What I Believe
Wellness isn’t one-size-fits-all
What works for my progressive disease won’t be what works for a paraplegic. Every mobility level has different requirements, and the advice should reflect that. Your body requires extra maintenance, but it’s not a project. Seating, skin, range of motion, and the daily reality of caregivers and Hoyer lifts, done on repeat, not solved once.
Wheels won’t dim our spirit
Needing a wheelchair isn’t easy. There’s stress, extra planning for every activity and trip, and advocacy that shows up in the moments people see and the quiet ones they don’t. It changes how you move through the world, but it doesn’t have to change who you are inside it.
The life around it counts too
We are not defined by mobility limitations. We’re parents, lovers, friends, siblings, and coworkers. Those roles matter to our health and wellness just as much as they do for anybody else, and they deserve the same attention. A well-lived life still runs on connection, purpose, and people who show up for you, wheels or not.
Come along for the ride
Questions, collaborations, or just want to say hello?
I read everything that comes in.